Florida Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 17, 2022

9,694 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $129.05/cwt -4.16 vs last sale · ≈ $539/hd at 418 lb · 96 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.90/cwt -3.07 vs last sale · ≈ $684/hd at 527 lb · 86 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $133.88/cwt -5.53 vs last sale · ≈ $503/hd at 376 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,694	10,056	9,945
Feeder cattle	7,682	7,922	7,779
Slaughter cattle	1,668	1,837	1,778
Replacement cattle	344	297	388

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder classes unevenly steady, instances 3.00 higher. Replacement cows steady to weak. Year to date receipts totaled 266,888 compared to 289,035 a year ago.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	272	9	175.00–185.00	$178.36	$485	-5.88
300–345	320	32	174.00–202.00	$183.26	$586	+1.69
350–395	368	34	165.00–190.00	$177.71	$654	+5.19
400–445	421	59	147.50–185.00	$173.49	$730	+4.60
450–495	474	75	142.50–180.00	$159.98	$758	-2.75
500–545	518	48	145.00–170.00	$156.54	$811	-0.02
550–595	571	47	134.00–160.00	$147.60	$843	-8.29
600–645	624	30	130.00–150.00	$142.22	$887	-1.76
710–735	727	3	133.00–139.00	$134.95	$981	+2.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	12	160.00–195.00	$183.13	$482	+6.61
300–345	325	20	160.00–189.00	$173.41	$564	-4.29
350–395	373	33	145.00–182.00	$169.17	$631	+0.94
400–445	422	55	137.50–170.00	$152.80	$645	-5.65
450–495	473	37	137.50–168.00	$153.70	$727	+0.14
500–545	516	32	135.00–158.00	$148.85	$768	-1.18
550–595	572	18	124.00–151.00	$138.58	$793	-7.05
600–645	630	5	120.00–138.00	$128.64	$810	-6.82

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	15	155.00–196.00	$178.74	$577	+3.41
350–395	368	28	140.00–175.00	$161.11	$593	+0.28
400–445	426	17	127.00–170.00	$150.48	$641	-0.40
450–495	472	19	140.00–158.00	$149.58	$706	+5.40
500–545	523	13	134.00–148.00	$140.54	$735	+0.78
550–595	572	11	110.00–136.00	$125.24	$716	-9.95
600–645	611	4	110.00–125.00	$118.59	$725	-2.74
650–685	661	8	122.00–128.00	$124.69	$824	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	215	3	172.00–185.00	$178.51	$384	-23.92
250–295	275	18	135.00–176.00	$154.77	$426	-13.03
300–345	330	58	130.00–167.00	$149.64	$494	-13.31
350–395	368	46	132.00–160.00	$145.59	$536	-4.55
400–445	426	81	124.00–158.00	$134.75	$574	-4.47
450–495	476	69	120.00–150.00	$134.20	$639	-0.92
520–530	523	6	142.50–147.50	$144.98	$758	+12.01
500–545	527	80	116.00–140.00	$128.77	$679	-4.20
550–595	572	51	112.00–140.00	$124.55	$712	-4.79
560–585	579	6	140.00–147.50	$141.21	$818	+11.87
600–645	618	21	110.00–125.00	$119.19	$737	-1.57
620–645	628	8	127.50–137.50	$133.85	$841	+13.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170–175	173	2	205.00–215.00	$210.07	$363	-32.46
200–245	223	4	150.00–165.00	$155.62	$347	-28.25
250–295	261	10	120.00–156.00	$140.18	$366	-12.22
300–345	325	42	124.00–159.00	$141.65	$460	-7.30
350–395	376	83	122.00–157.50	$133.88	$503	-5.53
400–445	418	96	115.00–147.50	$129.05	$539	-4.16
450–495	476	77	112.00–142.00	$126.39	$602	-2.27
500–545	522	59	110.00–132.00	$122.94	$642	-0.41
550–595	578	13	109.00–115.00	$111.40	$644	-9.12
600–645	623	4	103.00–111.00	$108.19	$674	-2.96

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	222	10	137.00–175.00	$158.59	$352	-13.18
250–295	266	11	115.00–165.00	$153.93	$409	+8.34
300–345	321	17	118.00–158.00	$141.70	$455	-0.06
350–395	368	44	114.00–148.00	$136.16	$501	+1.32
400–445	427	36	110.00–138.00	$124.57	$532	-1.06
450–495	473	35	110.00–132.00	$120.39	$569	+0.68
500–545	528	26	100.00–119.00	$110.47	$583	-0.98
550–595	572	9	100.00–107.50	$102.23	$585	-1.51
690–698	691	10	90.00–98.00	$96.05	$664	+4.54

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	205.00	$205.00	$410	—
250–295	273	25	150.00–170.00	$164.87	$450	-7.12
300–345	323	22	150.00–200.00	$169.68	$548	-4.91
350–395	372	29	140.00–186.00	$161.44	$601	-3.78
400–445	428	22	125.00–158.00	$137.02	$586	-19.77
450–495	471	24	115.00–165.00	$145.91	$687	-9.16
500–545	523	10	130.00–158.00	$143.91	$753	+10.55
550–595	569	6	110.00–135.00	$123.98	$705	-11.93
600–645	631	7	104.00–136.00	$114.13	$720	-1.87

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	270	4	147.00–206.00	$175.45	$474	-6.35
300–345	322	7	154.00–190.00	$169.92	$547	-6.76
350–395	370	33	120.00–172.00	$136.94	$507	-24.74
400–445	419	16	140.00–170.00	$161.74	$678	+9.41
450–495	473	18	110.00–158.00	$137.01	$648	-6.78
500–535	521	10	124.00–146.00	$139.02	$724	-3.68
550–595	568	17	103.00–136.00	$125.53	$713	-4.11
630–635	633	2	124.00–128.00	$126.01	$798	+16.81
690–695	691	6	120.00–127.50	$121.26	$838	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	223	8	215.00–235.00	$230.42	$514	-1.67
250–295	279	16	169.00–185.00	$173.57	$484	-8.90
300–345	314	11	176.00–182.00	$178.70	$561	-0.30
350–395	376	17	155.00–195.00	$173.02	$651	+2.77
400–445	422	18	140.00–170.00	$156.18	$659	-3.30
450–495	468	7	150.00–175.00	$159.65	$747	+2.22
500–545	525	13	140.00–151.00	$145.30	$763	+3.94
550–595	573	13	118.00–136.00	$123.62	$708	-9.60
600–645	621	5	110.00–120.00	$115.49	$717	-13.26

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1280	1003	85-90%	82	40.00–57.00	$48.69	$488	-5.05
710–1295	1074	85-90%	154	50.00–65.00	$56.73	$609	-2.75

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1465	1158	80-85%	75	50.00–70.00	$64.10	$742	—
920–1485	1244	80-85%	116	58.00–75.00	$66.43	$826	-2.64
910–1560	1262	80-85%	40	70.00–80.00	$73.91	$933	-2.04

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1345	1215	75-80%	11	63.00–72.00	$66.00	$802	—
1200–1635	1284	75-80%	14	64.00–77.00	$69.23	$889	—
1200–1495	1330	75-80%	7	72.00–82.00	$76.96	$1,024	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1885	1432	32	78.00–105.00	$89.43	$1,281	—
1100–2010	1572	33	90.00–104.00	$96.57	$1,518	—
1335–1790	1627	18	96.00–105.00	$100.49	$1,635	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665–745	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	100.00–102.00	$101.06	$712
715–985	896	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	81.00–97.00	$88.99	$797
790–1170	989	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	72.00–86.00	$79.98	$791
960–1235	1072	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	86.00–115.00	$93.40	$1,001
930–1175	1077	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	113.00–135.00	$122.07	$1,315

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985–1135	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–800.00	$776.77	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.